सवार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (savâr, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /asabāra-/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras. Compare Gujarati સવાર (savār), Marathi स्वार (svār), Kannada ಸವಾರ (savāra), all Persian borrowings.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ʋɑːɾ/, [s̪ə.ʋäːɾ]

Noun

सवार • (savār) m (Urdu spelling سوار‎)

rider, horseman

Declension

Declension of सवार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सवार savār	सवार savār
oblique	सवार savār	सवारों savārõ
vocative	सवार savār	सवारो savāro

Derived terms

घुड़सवार (ghuṛasvār)

Descendants

→ English: sowar

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.